1995
Still 32 in the post-Olympic season with some comings and goings, another curious new debutant, and a remarkable absence: AUS, AUT, BEL, BLR, BOS, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, IRE, ITA, JAP, KAZ, KOR, LAT, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, PAN, POL, POR, ROM, RUS, SWE, SWI, UKR, USA. Thus we can go direct to the first round proper. The quarter-finalists from last year, KAZ, CHN, SWE, GER, NOR, AUT, JAP and NED, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: NED-KOR, SWE-GBR, NOR-FIN, MGL-POL, KAZ-IRE, CZE-UKR, CHN-NZL, GER-USA, HUN-ITA, PAN-AUT, BOS-JAP, CAN-POR, ROM-FRA, LAT-BLR, RUS-BEL, AUS-SWI. The matches:
Netherlands-South Korea 10-1
Sweden-Britain 11-0
Norway-Finland 11-0, for the umpteenth time
Mongolia-Poland 0-11
Kazakhstan-Ireland 11-0
Czechia-Ukraine 0-11
China-New Zealand 7-4, finally making some impact through Nicholson
Germany-USA 6-5, ough — bad draw
Hungary-Italy 1-10, Egyed providing finally some Hungarian quality
Panama-Austria 0-11
Bosnia-Japan 0-11
Canada-Portugal 11-0
Romania-France 5-6, due to Kuentz, and Mueller, France suddenly are back as well
Latvia-Belarus 2-9
Russia-Belgium 11-0
Australia-Switzerland 0-11, Australia are going under
Then the second round consists of: AUT, BLR, CAN, CHN, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP, KAZ, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SWE, SWI, UKR. The semi-finalists from last year, NED, KAZ, GER and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: GER-BLR, POL-AUT, SWI-CHN, NOR-FRA, RUS-ITA, UKR-CAN, SWE-NED, JAP-KAZ. The matches proceed as follows:
Germany-Belarus 11-0
Poland-Austria 2-9
Switzerland-China 2-9
Norway-France 10-1
Russia-Italy 6-5
Ukraine-Canada 1-10
Sweden-Netherlands 0-11
Japan-Kazakhstan 10-1
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, CAN, CHN, GER, JAP, NED, NOR, RUS. The finalists from last year, NED and GER, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: CHN-JAP, NOR-CAN, NED-RUS, AUT-GER. Results of the matches:
China-Japan 0-11
Norway-Canada 6-5
Netherlands-Russia 7-4
Austria-Germany 2-9
Semi-final draw: NOR-NED, JAP-GER. Matches:
Norway-Netherlands 3-8
Japan-Germany 7-4
Bronze final: Norway-Germany 6-5
FINAL: Netherlands-Japan
40,49- 39,47 (0-1) 1.20,41- 1.20,01 (0-2) 2.04,95- 2.02,81 (0-3) 4.21,11- 4.19,64 (0-4) 7.26,38- 7.27,32 (1-4) 36,48- 35,83 (1-5) 1.12,50- 1.12,47 (1-6) 1.54,50- 1.52,78 (1-7) 4.00,00- 4.02,57 (2-7) 6.44,67- 6.45,51 (3-7) 14.06,24-14.11,76 (4-7)
Final result 4-7, first gold for Japan
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x RUS GOLD 36x NED GOLD 10x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x GDR GOLD 2x GER GOLD 2x JAP GOLD 1995 AUT Silver 5x HUN Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 CAN Silver 1993 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 ITA bronze 1991 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 3x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 BEL 4th 1946 KOR 4th 1982 KAZ 4th 1994 EST QF 5x ROM QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 UKR 2R 2x MGL 2R 1989 BLR 2R 1995 NZL 1R 10x IRE 1R 6x YUG 1R 4x POR 1R 3x GRE 1R 2x ISV 1R 1972 ESP 1R 1989 IRN 1R 1993 ARG 1R 1994 PAN 1R 1995 BOS 1R 1995 ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933 HKG PR 1986 TPE PR 1986